BEIJING, China – Despite the chilly weather, 15 couples participated in a mass wedding in China as part of its ice and snow festival. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
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International groups join ice sculpture competition in China
BEIJING, China – As part of the annual ice sculpture competition held in China, 30 groups from all over the world participated in showing said one-of-a-kind art. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
South Korea on alert against possible retaliation from the North after launching propaganda barrage at border
South Korean residents living near the inter-Korean border were on alert against North Korea’s possible retaliation after the country resumed loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts towards the North. South Korea unleashed a high-decibel propaganda barrage across its border with North Korea on Friday (January 8) in retaliation for its nuclear test, a step that has angered the isolated North in the past. The broadcasts, in rolling bursts from walls of loudspeakers at 11 locations along the heavily […]
South Korea resumes broadcasting propaganda towards North Korea
South Korea unleashed a high-decibel propaganda barrage across its border with North Korea on Friday (January 8) in retaliation for its nuclear test, a step that has angered the isolated North in the past. Seoul decided to restart the broadcasts against Pyongyang after Pyongyang announced this week that it had successfully tested a hydrogen nuclear device. The broadcasts, in rolling bursts from walls of loudspeakers at 11 locations along the heavily militarised border, blare rhetoric […]
Vermont protesters repeatedly disrupt Trump rally
About 20 protesters interrupted a Donald Trump rally in Burlington, Vermont several times on Thursday (January 7), to boos from supporters of the U.S. Republican presidential candidate inside a theater and cheers from fellow protesters outside. Trump said he expected to encounter opposition in Vermont as his campaign stopped at the home town of Democratic rival Bernie Sanders. “It was interesting, because when we said that we were going to come up here, a lot […]
Palestinians arrested after protesting against Israel restriction orders
For thirteen days Palestinians in Jerusalem have been staging a protest against Israeli imposed restriction orders, that banish two men from the city. Two Jerusalemites have been ordered to leave the city and their homes for a period of up to six months. Samer Abu Aisha, who has also been at the protests, is one of the men facing expulsion. “On the 21st of December, my lawyer called me to go to the court, what […]
OFWs in Saudi Arabia want to go home
According to the Blas Ople Center, the government should implement a deployment ban to stop the sending of new overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Saudi Arabia as the situation continues to worsen between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Said center added that several OFWs in Saudi Arabia are now asking help to go back to the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
China’s stock markets open high Friday
China’s stock markets opened high on Friday after trading was halted early in the previous day as a seven-percent drop triggered the newly-introduced circuit breaker mechanism. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index opened up 2.23 percent at 3,194.63 points Friday morning while the smaller Shenzhen index opened at 11,008.89 points, 2.31 percent up. Trading was halted for the day on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets on Thursday morning after shares tumbled over seven percent and […]
Residents in Chinese city not far from NK testing site say “no guarantees” of health safety
Residents in a Chinese city near the North Korean border said they have no way to protect themselves in the face of Pyongyang’s recent nuclear weapons test. North Korea carried out a nuclear test on Wednesday (January 6), although the U.S. government and weapons experts doubt Pyongyang’s assertion that the device it exploded was a powerful hydrogen bomb. The test angered both the United States and China, which was not given prior notice. Residents in […]
South Korea says not yet considering shutting Kaesong complex after North Korea nuclear test
South Korea said on Friday (January 8) it was not yet considering shutting down the Kaesong industrial complex run jointly with North Korea, located north of the rivals’ border, after the North’s latest nuclear test this week. “We’re not at the stage that we can say whether we will close (the Kaesong Industrial Complex) or pull out (people),” said South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman, Jeong Joon-hee, at a news briefing. The Unification Ministry also said […]
Santos defends justice accord with FARC following criticism from rights group
Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos responded to critcism from the rights group, Human Rights Watch, in relation to a justice accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), saying that ‘perfect accords’ don’t exist. The rights group likened an accord signed between the government and the rebels in mid-December to a ‘impunity piñata’. The pact establishes that FARC members, military personnel and even civilians who accept resposibility for crimes committed during the conflict and truthfully […]
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro slams removal of Hugo Chavez portraits from Congress
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro slammed on Thursday (January 7) the recent removal of images of socialist leader and former president Hugo Chavez from the new opposition-led Congress. Furious after this week’s unceremonious removal of the giant Chavez photos, Maduro berated the president of the National Assembly, Henry Ramos, saying the move was an insult to 19th century independence hero, Simon Bolivar. “That which happened yesterday [in reference to removal of Chavez photos from Congress] is part […]
